Lamp and guard handle



April 12, 1932. D. WOODHEAD LAMP AND GUARD HANDLE Fil ed Oct. 9, 1929 fizz/072???? 17012146! Woadfzmdl {3 W @67 1 77241211 mar a. 12,1932

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' A lication m October a, 1929-. Serial No. seam.

This invention relates in general to lamp 4 and guard handles, and-particularly to a lamp and guard handle, which is made of rubber or other like material.

The object of the invention is to provide a yieldable rubber guard handle which is provided with means whereby an electric socket member having an extension cooperating with an operating switch may be inserted within the guard handle to permit operation of the switch without removing the socket member-from the handle. 4

Another object is to provide a guard handle, which has aninner annular flange which is engageablewith a socket member, which has a longitudinal slot provided in the inside thereof which communicates with an opening through the guard handle to permit a socket member, having a switch attaching portion to be readily inserted in the guard handle with the attaching portion and the operating switch extending through the hole.

Other objects and advantages will appear throughout the progress of the following specification:

The invention comprises in general a lamp and ard handle which is provided with an an ar flange and a reduced rear portion engageable with an electric light socket for 30 maintaining the socket in proper position in the guard handle. The handle is sufliciently large at oneend and spaced from the socket to provide an air cushion between the socket longitudinal groove is provided inthe guard handle and communicates with an opening.

date the electrical conductors leading to the socket members, and an enlarged recess is provided in the guard handle at the endof and the exterior of the guard handle. A-

the socket member to permit the conductors to be knotted at this point. Strains or stresses occurring on the conductors will be transmitted directly to the guard handle,

preventing any direct all on the electrical connections of the con uctors;

The accompanying drawings illustrate a selected embodimentof the invention, and the views thereof are as follows:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the lamp and guard handle showing the socket member arranged therein; i

2 is a similar view showing the man- 7 'ner in which the socket member is inserted osition.

eferring to the drawings, 5 designates a guard handle generally having a hollow handle or grip portion 6 and a bell-shaped portion 7 to receive an electric socket 8. An inner annular flange 9 is provided at the for- .ward edge of the bell-shaped ortion to enreduced in diameter at 11 to engage the en- 'larged body portion 12 of the socket member 8. The portion lying between the shoulder 13, formed by'the reduced end 11, and the shoulder 14 formed by the annular flange 9, forms an annular space 15, which provides an air cushion about the body of. the'socket member and absorbs any shock whichmay be caused by dropping the device or during ordinary use.

The annular flange 9 may be cut away at 16 to provide a longitudinal notch, and the reduced end 11 of the guard handle may also be slotted at 17, as clearly shown in the drawings. A hole 18 is provided through the body of the handle and communicates with the notch or slot 17. The location and construction of these notches and slots communicating with the hole 18 permits a projection on the socket member 8 to extend through the body of the handle and project through the outside of the handle. V

In the present embodiment shown, the socket member has an annular hubcor projectingmember'19provided on the enlarged portion 12 thereof through which an o erating chain 20, Fig. 1, extends. An ope ating member 21 is operatively. connected, to the chain 20 b means of a small screw 4 The present switch shown is capable of being operated by merely pushing the rating member 21 from any side. y pus 'ng the member 21, the lower edge of the operatingmember 21, will engage the hub or pro ect1on 19 and cause a leverage for pulling the chain. The articular switch shown in the present case is merely for the purpose of illustration and it is to be understood .that other types oi switches may be used.

The notch 16 permits the socket member 8 to be inserted in a tilting sition, as shown in Fig. 2, to permit the hu or projection on the socket to be-inserted in the bell-sha d portion of the lamp ard handle. he socket is then tilted unt' its longitudinal axial center line coincides with the axial center line of the guard handle. The socket member is then pushed inwardly with the hub or projection engaging the notch or slot 17 to permit axial sliding movement of the socket member, The socket is then forced inwardly until the hub 19 extends through the hole18 when the operating member 21 is fastened \in position. As previously mentioned it is to be understood that instead of having the specific operating mechanism shown, 0th r ty s of switch mechanisms may be emglaoye the invention providing. means, who by a socket member having a switch may be inserted inside of the guard handle with the switch extending through the ard handler to permit operation thereof. The guard handle is made of flexible rubber and 1s resilient and comparatively soft, so that it may bend and stretch within reasonable limits, during the insertion of the socket member. 7 I

A lamp guard 23 is provided with the usual annular clam 24, which sets in a groove 25 rovided on the outside of the guard handle. ightening of the clamp 24 causes the inner annular flange 9 to impmge the body of the socket member and prevent it from moving out of 'tion.

The invention provides alamp and guard handle, which is provided with an air cushion about the socket member to prevent any shock from being transmitted to the body of the socket member. The annular groove and the reduced rtion of the bell-shaped member has su cient contact with the socket I member to normally hold it in position. The

notches and grooves provided in the inside of the guard handle, and the hole through the guard handle permits a socket having a switch member to be readily inserted in position in the guard handle. The lamp guard 23, which is provided with a clamp 24 rests in the exterior annular groove 25, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts with bell-shaped end having a reduced ortion for out departing from the spirit of the invention,

tion for engagement with the socket mem r sot et an interior annular flan in said bell-sha portion and engageab e with said member, a projecting member on said socket member, said reduced portion havin a hole therein, the annular flan bein notc edand the reduced portion having a 5 0t in itsinner wall communicating with the hole whereby the projecting member on the socketmember may be readily inserted in said guard handle and extended'through said hole.

2. A guard handle made of flexible rubber having a grip portion and a bell-shaped .end portion for receiving a socket member, said engagement with the socket mem r, an interior annular flange in said bell-shaped portion and engageable with said socket member for holding the socket member in place and forming an air cushion thereabout, a projecting member on said socket member, said reduced portion having a hole therein, the annular flange being notched, the reduced portion having a slot communicating with the hole, whereby the projectin member on the socket member may be readi y inserted in said guard handle and projected through said hole, a lamp guard, and a clamping nng for said lamp guard and engaging an annular groove on the outside of said handle.

3. In a portable electric lamp, an electric switch socket having a projection thereon, a flexible rubber handle guard receiving said socket, an annular flange at the, end of said guard and engaging the socket, said handle guard having a groove, said annular fl having a groove alining with the groove in the handle guard, said handle guard having an opening therein at the bottom of the groove whereby said socket may be inserted in the handle guard with the projection on the socket extending through the hole in the guard, said grooves in the handle and annular flange accommodating th'eegrojection to giermit the socket to be inse in the han- 4. A guard handle made of flexible rubber material and having a handle or grip portion and a bell-shaped end, an annular flange arranged in the bell-shaped end, a socket member insertable in the bell-shaped end and engageable with the annular flange whereby the socket member will be spaced from the walls of the bell-shaped end to provide an air cushion about a part of the socket member to prevent shocks and jolts applied to the handle from being transmitted to the socket member, said handle having an opening therein and a groove communicating with the. opening, said annular flange having a groove therein in alinement with the groove in the handle member, and a projection on the socket member and adapted to extend through the opening in the handle, the grooves in the handle member and the annular flange receiving the projection on the socket member when the socket is being inserted in position in the handle.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

DANIEL WOODHEAD. 

